A rare Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a toad 17th/18th century, the amphibian crouching with a curved spine and spotted back, a flowering leafy tendril beside him, his webbed feet tucked neatly beneath his body, the stone with russet markings, 5cm.

Cf. for other examples see Burkart-Bauer, Chinesische Jaden aus drei Jahrtausenden, nos.179, 180, and 184; and Tregear, One Man's Taste: Treasures from the Lakeside Pavilion, p.15, no.J.19.